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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE

April 24, 2016Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2016, 6:58 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 24, 6:50 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Ruskin, NE	DIME TO NICKLE SIZED HAIL REPORTED

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 24, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1281 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 440 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 498 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

624 
WUUS53 KGID 242330
SVRGID
NEC129-169-250015-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0013.160424T2330Z-160425T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
630 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHWESTERN THAYER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 629 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORA...OR 38
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SUPERIOR...DESHLER...NELSON...HARDY...RUSKIN...BYRON AND NORA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER
INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER SUCH AS AN INTERIOR ROOM...A
BATHROOM...CLOSET OR BASEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9811 4019 9812 4027 9765 4000 9764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 268DEG 14KT 4011 9802 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

WESELY

2 follow-up statements

008 
WWUS53 KGID 242350
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
650 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

NEC129-169-250015-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160425T0015Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-THAYER NE-
650 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN NUCKOLLS AND SOUTHWESTERN THAYER COUNTIES...

AT 648 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RUSKIN...OR 41
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DESHLER AND RUSKIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9799 4021 9799 4027 9765 4000 9764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 260DEG 19KT 4013 9787 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

WESELY

707 
WWUS53 KGID 242358
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
658 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

NEC129-169-250007-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160425T0015Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-THAYER NE-
658 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NUCKOLLS AND
SOUTHWESTERN THAYER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4000 9799 4021 9799 4027 9765 4000 9764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 268DEG 14KT 4013 9782 

$$

WESELY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	25 min
Apr 24, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay	35 min
Apr 24, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	25 min
Apr 24, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	28 min
Apr 24, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	42 min
Apr 24, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls	34 min
Apr 24, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls	50 min
Apr 24, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Nuckolls	27 min
Apr 24, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	21 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.